Two seriously hurt after being hit by car in Manalapan

1:07 PM,
Nov. 19, 2012

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A man and woman suffered serious injuries after they were hit by a car while crossing a major highway early Monday morning, police said.

Stephen Kelly, 21, of Manalapan, and Ann Baez, 22, of Freehold, had stepped off an NJ Transit bus onto the southbound shoulder of Route 9 in front of Bagel World Shopping Plaza. They crossed the southbound lanes and center median of the highway when they were struck by a 2009 Nissan Versa traveling northbound on the roadway around 3:15 a.m. It was driven by 70-year-old Suayan Ligaya of Freehold, Capt. Michael Fountain said in a statement.